Final Fantasy XV PC (Steam) Music Replacement Demonstration
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Note: This may not work on Windows Store versions due to how they encrypt files.
FFXV music can be influenced by the exchanging of one music file for another. In this demonstration SFX and Voices were turned down to make the music easier to hear. Because it's easy to fake music playing through outside programs, the video itself was left unedited to show nothing of the sort was happening here.
What can be done now: Swap one game track with another. (IE make the title theme the battle theme.)
Step 1: Determine the file name of the music you want to replace. (vgmstream can help you determine which file is for which song.)
Step 2: Create a copy of the file you want to replace another file with.
Step 3: Copy the file name of the file you want to replace, then delete the file (making a backup first!), then change the file name on the copy you made in step 2 to the file name you just deleted.
Step 4: Test it!
What I don't know is if there are any tools developed that will let you import other music in as the game's .mab file type.
The music is mostly located in FINAL FANTASY XV\datas\sound\resources\20001music2\jp. There are also some files located in FINAL FANTASY XV\datas\sound\resources\20001music\jp which appear to be related directly to music in the vehicle and use a different .sab file type which I know nothing about.
Known Bug: Even if a music track is exactly the same in two files, if these two files play back to back like a transition from enemy detection to actual combat, the second file will still start from the beginning of the track. Can we fix this somehow?
Why not just load up Winamp/VLC/Other Music Player? For me since I'm doing a Let's Play series I wanted to knock out any copyright music that might trip YouTube's Content ID system and replace it with something else / blank audio. It worked great for taking out Stand By Me.
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